9-10-2010 Copper Harbor, MI

Today we drove from Eagle River right up to Copper Harbor, Michigan.  Copper Harbor is located in the Upper Peninsula and is the beginning of Highway 41.  We took a scenic detour, which again, was well worth the drive.  We drove alongside Lake Superior, which looks like the ocean.  It even has waves, and it was VERY cold.  Can't even see to the other side of the thing!  

We saw an ore boat way off shore.  We also happened upon a monastery and a bakery run by the monks.  It was a tiny little building and people were constantly dropping in to purchase things.  We bought several jars of jams and jellies made from the local berries.  And cookies.  Bread, too.  Hmmmm....think that is all.  No, wait...a piece of brittle and a piece of caramel.  Oh, and a piece of peanut butter brownie with jam.  

This is the Jampot; run by Monks; out in the middle of the woods; doing a splendid business!
Sign says "Thou Shalt Not Park Here"

We finally arrived in Copper Harbor and had fish chowder at a local restaurant.  This is a small community with a population of 7000.  The average winter snowfall is 200 inches------can you even imagine that?!  Who in their right mind would stay there in the winter?  The wind was whistling today.  I can just imagine how it would be in the dead of winter.  But I gotta say this......the fall foliage was simply beautiful.  I'm going to post pictures of some of what we saw.  The pictures won't be able to describe the beauty of the canopy made by the trees as we passed beneath them.

For supper we had a "Friday Fish Fry".  I've heard of them all my life and now I know what they are.  Go to Captain D's, order their fried fish basket, and you'll have a Friday Fish Fry.  Except we got the ambiance of eating in a building built in 1916 with the original tin ceiling and wood floors.  And we had our choice of Lake Erie yellow perch, haddock or halibut.  And the batter was probably better than Captain D's.  Other than that......

Tomorrow we head down to Ephraim, WI to a place called Door County.  Supposed to be really great.  We are staying there for the next three days.